Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

04/09/2025 53 min
Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

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Episode Synopsis

This episode of Once Upon a Gene is a little like a cafeteria tray - pick what feeds you and leave what doesn't.

Chatting with the zesty, vivacious, and wildly insightful Emma Nadler - psychotherapist, author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, rare mom, and truth teller. Emma has a way of cracking you open with honesty and tenderness, then making you laugh through the tears.

We talk about:



How storytelling helps us heal and connect




Grief, Joy, Love - all living side by side




The long-haul reality of caregiving and what it takes to keep going




Friendship, community, and the absurdities that keep us human




Finding meaning when life reroutes in unexpected ways




Emma’s memoir, The Unlikely Village of Eden, is one of those rare books that’s both heart-shattering and heart-rebuilding, leaving you changed in the best way.

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